A close relative, someone from your community or even you could be a Changemaker. These are heroes, trailblazers and out-of-the-box thinkers who have helped drive the evolution of America over the last 400 years. Virginia ...Read more

After the College of William and Mary gave Joe flexibility to discover his dream career, he created Major Clarity to help students across the country do the same. Learn more about the American Evolution Innovators Cup ...Read more

Virginia is full of budding entrepreneurs, like Andy, Allison, Matt and Yash who founded Radify Labs while attending UVA. Want to be the next success story in VA? Learn more about the American Evolution Innovators ...Read more

The first educational institution to officially be chartered and founded was the College Lands or College of Henrico, May 1619. King James I gave his approval for officers at the Virginia Company of London to ...Read more

Katherine Johnson, Hidden Figures, and John Glenn’s Flight Michael Neufeld, Curator, Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum On February 20, 1962 John Glenn made his historic flight in the Mercury spacecraft he named Friendship 7. He became the ...Read more

“Being able to meet so many young people who are doing great things in their countries and being able to interact with so many different cultures and learning about their experiences has just been tremendous ...Read more

Virginia Senator Steve Newman states that Virginia is a leader in technology and the progress of our nation. Editor’s note: Want to learn more about Jamestown, America’s first permanent English colony and the birthplace of ...Read more

Virginia is older than the country, and continues its history of innovation and forward-thinking. Delegate Mike Mullin speaks on Virginia’s entreprenurial ideas. Editor’s note: Want to learn more about the foundations of our democracy and ...Read more

The Science Museum of Virginia resides in Historic Broad Street Station, which opened in 1919 as a passenger rail station. The building was designed by John Russell Pope whose designs include the Jefferson Memorial, the ...Read more